An early morning thunderstorm became severe north of Sturgis and tracked across central portions of Meade County, producing large hail along its path.
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The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.
An early morning thunderstorm became severe north of Sturgis and tracked across central portions of Meade County, producing large hail along its path.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Rapid City, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 5, 10:30 PM MST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 258 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2016 SDZ001-002-WYZ054>058-071-061300- HARDING-PERKINS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-WESTERN CROOK- WYOMING BLACK HILLS-WESTON-NORTHEASTERN CROOK- 258 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST WYOMING...AND THE BLACK HILLS OF WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TONIGHT. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENING...WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO BRING DAILY CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING WHEN A STRONG STORM SYSTEM CROSSES THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS ACROSS THE AREA...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE MAIN THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES... OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RAPIDCITY SDZ012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-061300- BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH-NORTHERN BLACK HILLS- NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS- CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS-CUSTER CO PLAINS- PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-HAAKON-FALL RIVER-OGLALA LAKOTA-JACKSON- BENNETT-MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS- SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS- 258 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2016 /358 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA...AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TONIGHT. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENING...WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO BRING DAILY CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHEN A STRONG STORM SYSTEM CROSSES THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS ACROSS THE AREA...WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE MAIN THREATS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO IS ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES... OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RAPIDCITY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
907 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2016
SDZ031-042-060345-
PENNINGTON CO PLAINS SD-OGLALA LAKOTA SD-
907 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN OGLALA LAKOTA AND
SOUTHEASTERN PENNINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM MDT...
AT 907 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER SOUTHWESTERN BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK...OR 40 MILES NORTH OF PINE
RIDGE... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCKYFORD...BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK AND PINNACLES RANGER STATION.
LAT...LON 4364 10292 4367 10284 4366 10283 4368 10282
4393 10214 4350 10214 4345 10276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0307Z 247DEG 29KT 4360 10268
RICHARDSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
922 PM MDT TUE JUL 05 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0910 PM TSTM WND GST MARTIN 43.17N 101.73W
07/05/2016 E60 MPH BENNETT SD TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
MEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
924 PM MDT TUE JUL 05 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0915 PM TSTM WND GST 1 ESE MARTIN 43.17N 101.71W
07/05/2016 M59 MPH BENNETT SD AWOS
&&
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</html>The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:47 UTC.
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Large hail and gusty winds dented cars and broke house windows.
Hail to golf ball size accumulated on the ground.
Large hail and gusty winds broke windows and damaged siding on a house.
Hail to ping pong ball size accumulated four inches deep.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Dakota in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, July 2016
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 642524, 642521, 642526, 642529.